Emil Gataullin, born in 1972, is a Russian photographer, based in Korolyov, Moscow Region, Russia. In 1999 he graduated from Moscow Surikov Institute of Art, majoring in monumental painting. He studied photography with one of the leading Russian photography ideologists and authors, Alexander Lapin, from 2003 to 2004. In 2016 his book "Towards the Horizon" was published by Edition Lammerhuber.

Awards and Honors:

2015 – 1st prize of the International Festival of Photography “PhotoVisa”
2014 – Grand Prix of the “Best Picture on the Theme of Peace” of “The Alfred Fried Photography Award”
2014 – Finalist of the International Festival of Photography “PhotoVisa”
2014 – Finalist of the Circle of Life contest, International photofestival “Vilnius Photo Circle”
2010 – Grand Prix of the Best Photo of the Year at the contest "The Best Photographer", 1st Prize in the Everyday Life Photo category, 1st Prize in the Art Photograph category
2010 – 3rd prize in the People and Events category of the Photojournalism Development Foundation
2009 – 1st prize in the Everyday Life section of the My Best Photograph competition by Epson
2005 – Top-10 winner of the competition “Young Photographers of Russia”